Associations to the word «Syllabic»

SYLLABIC, adjective. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.

SYLLABIC, adjective. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.

SYLLABIC, adjective. (linguistics) Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (rĭd'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l).

SYLLABIC, adjective. Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.

SYLLABIC, noun. (linguistics) A syllabic sound.

SYLLABIC ABBREVIATION, noun. (linguistics) An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually initial, of several words.

SYLLABIC ABBREVIATIONS, noun. Plural of syllabic abbreviation

SYLLABIC BREAK, noun. A division in a word between syllables.

SYLLABIC BREAKS, noun. Plural of syllabic break

SYLLABIC RHYME, noun. Verse that has a fixed number of syllables per line (though not always the same number of stressed syllables)

SYLLABIC RHYMES, noun. Plural of syllabic rhyme

SYLLABIC, adjective. Of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable".

SYLLABIC, adjective. Consisting of or using a syllabary; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing".

SYLLABIC, adjective. (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities.

SYLLABIC, adjective. Consisting of a syllable or syllables.

SYLLABIC, adjective. (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable; "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'".